Paper package for toilet and other purposes



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PAPER PACKAGE FOR TOILET AND OTHER PURPOSES. No. 329,039. Patented Oct. 27,1885.

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OLIVER H. HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER PACKAGE FOR TOILET AND OTHER PURPOSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,039, dated October 2'7, 1885. Application filed August 20, 1985. Serial No.174,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OLIVER H. HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Packages for Toilet and other Purposes; and I hereby declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 7

My invention relates to certain improvementsnpon packages of the general nature described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 309,717, grantedto me December 23, 1884.. My former invention consisted, as set forth in the specification of my Letters Patent aforesaid, in laying the several sheets together in such manner as to cause the opposite ends to overlap one another alternately and securing the alternate ends togetheras, for example, by a wirealso preferably securing the contiguous sheets together by means of a light adhesive substance, doubling the package so formed upon itself over a stiffening-piece, and securing the package in such doubled position. Thus, in use,when the external sheet is drawn away from the package it draws the next sheet with it sufficiently to cause the end of the latter to hang freely. In practice I find that the package as above constructed has more or less tendency to slip down upon the securing wires and away from the stiffening-piece as it becomes reduced in size by use; and one of the objects of my invention is to overcome this difficulty.

My invention consists in sustaining the sheets of a package of paper doubled, as described, whether the ends of the sheets overlap each other or not, or whether they are secured together or not by means of wire, or whether they are stuck together or not by means of an adhesive substance, byemploying a re-enforcing strip, preferably of flexible materia at or near the top of the package, and firmly secured substantially throughout its entire length to the upper edges or margins of the sheets of paper, whereby the latter are held firmly in their original position until drawn off.

My invention consists also in the construction which I prefer to employ.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a package of toilet-paper provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a'similar view showing a modification, Fig. 3, a sectional view of the latter, and Fig.4 a sectional view showing another modification.

A is the bundle of toilet or other paper, formed by laying separate sheets upon one another, either with their alternate ends overlapping or with all their ends coincident, and either with or without a securing-wire passed through the margins; and B is a stiffeningpiece, over which the package is doubled. This stiffening-piece may, however, be omitted without departing from myiuvention, though I prefer to employ it.

.C is the re-enforcing strip, which I prefer to employ in the form represented in Fig. 1 that is, by gumming it firmly to the upper edges of the sheets forming the package, the strip passing continuously over the line of junction at the top. It will be seen that the re-enforcing strip alone will serve both to hold the separate sheets together and to hold the package in its doubled form; but when ap plied in this way I generally prefer also to .ernploy wires, passing through the opposite margins of the sheets and connected together at the point of junction, and also to employ a stiffening-piece, B, as represented in my said former patent. When the stiffeningpiece is employed, it is preferably provided with a slot or other aperture at or near the top of the bundle, through which the re-enforcing strip is passed. The re-enforcing strip may, however, pass over the top of the stiffening-piece, if desired. The projecting end of the stiffening-piece, when employed, may be provided with a hook or with one or more holes to permit the package to be conveniently hung up, and when the stiffeningpiece is omit-ted a hook or other hanging device may be secured to the upper edge of the bundle itself through the re-enforcing strip when the latter is at the center, which is its most desirable location. It is obvious, however, that more than one re-enforcing strip may be employed, and if two should be employed the most desirable arrangement would be to place them 011 opposite sidesof' the center. The re-enforcing strip, moreover, may

be of any suitable width from that of the entire bundle down to a narrow band.

The modified form of the re-enforcing strip,

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representedin Fig. 2 renders the use of securri'ng-wires wholly unnecessary, and with this form the stiffening-piece may be omitted with no greater disadvantage than with the other form. In this form the re-enforcing strip is made in two parts wedge-shaped in form, each of which is insertedthrough a wedge-shaped incision, extending through each end of the bundle, and so formed that the broadest part of the wedge will be at the lower end and the narrowest part at the upper end when the package is doubled. The package being'doubled upon itself, either over a stiffening-piece or not, the projecting narrow ends are securely gummed or otherwise fastened together, thus holding the package in its doubled form.

As with the other form ofreenforcing strip, the sheets may be laid together with their ends overlapping alternately, or theymay be laid together coincidently; but in either case it is desirable to have the sheets gummed together alternately, though not necessary, unless itis preferred to have the removal of one sheet bring down the'next to a hanging position.

It will be seen that the wedge-shaped strip passing through the wedge-shapedincision in the margin of the package performs the same function as the straight strip gummed to the edges of the paper, the effect in either case being to maintain the package in its original form whatever the quantity removed in use.

The wedge-shaped strip may be coated with gum before insertion into the wedge-shaped incision; but this is not deemed necessary, since the purpose of the wedge shape is to take the place of gum, and therefore if gum is employed upon the. strip passed through the incision the wedge shape may, in general, be omitted.

Instead of being formed in one piece and extending across the meeting ends of the doubled package, the re-enforcing strip may be formed in two parts terminating at or near the meeting ends of the package, and the connection of these ends be effected by other means-as, for example, a wire or ring, as shown in Fig. 4; but such forms are the obvious equivalents of the others described, and are intended to be included equally in my claims.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A package of paper doubled upon itself, in combination with astrip secured practically throughout its whole length to the'edge or margin of the package at each end thereof, whereby the separate sheets are held in place, and means, substantially as described, for securing the package in its doubled position.

2. A package of paper doubled upon itself, in combination with a re-enforcing strip of flexible material passing across the line of junction of the meeting ends of the package, and secured substantiallythroughout its whole length to the ends of the package, as set forth.

3. The combination of the package of paper A, the stiffening-piece B, over which the package is doubled, and the re-enforcing strip 0, passing through an aperture in thestiffeningpiece and secured by means-of an. adhesive substance substantially throughout its whole length to the ends of the package, as set forth.

OLIVER H. HICKS.

In presence of- MASON BRoss, EDWARD THORPE. 

